• The Joint Venture between BT and OnePhone Holding AB leverages ECT applications to offer converged fixed-mobile virtual PBX services to small and medium-sized businesses in the UK. In just seven years of operation, BT One Phone rapidly acquired subscribers, attaining both profitability and substantial revenue growth.
• Fredrik Zetterlund, founder and former Executive Vice President and Group CTO of OnePhone Holding, says that agile and cost-effective co-development with ECT facilitates BT One Phone’s rapid growth in a wide range of segments.
• Chris Sims, Managing Director of SoHo (Single/Small office, Home office) within BT Enterprise, sees BT One Phone as a key example of BT Enterprise’s progress in developing a convergent service portfolio which is one of its key goals.

Munich, September 27^th, 2021 ECT (European Computer Telecoms AG), provider of low-code technology and agile co-development dedicated to better business outcomes for CSPs and their customers, has been partnering for over 13 years with OnePhone Holding AB, a Swedish company formed to commercialize converged communications solutions. BT One Phone provides innovative converged virtual PBX (VPBX) services to the UK’s small to medium-sized businesses and is a joint venture (JV) between BT, the UK’s leading telecommunications and network provider, and the OnePhone Holding. This September, BT is finalizing the full ownership of the JV after purchasing the remaining 30% share of the Holding for 97M GBP. The latter is reportedly based on two independent company evaluations which determined the JV to have a total company value in excess of 320M GBP. BT One Phone’s revenues grew +38% for FY19-20 and the company is profitable. ECT provided the core technology, co-development and support behind BT One Phone’s VPBX product.

BT’s Motivation for the Buyout

As reported by TelcoTitans.com’s BTWatch, Chris Sims, Managing Director of SoHo (Single/Small office, Home office) within BT Enterprise “talked-up… BT One Phone, which virtualizes the PBX and is driving contract durations up substantially in the sector.” Sims pointed to the JV “during a 2019 Enterprise Business Briefing as a key example of BT Enterprise’s progress in developing a converged services portfolio – one of the division’s top strategic priorities.”

The Technology Behind This Success Story According to OnePhone Holding

“With ECT, we developed and provided market-leading services cost-effectively,” said Fredrik Zetterlund, founder and former Executive Vice President, and Group CTO of OnePhone Holding. “This facilitated market entry and rapid growth in a wide range of segments, from small enterprises to large government contracts. In several cases, ECT’s agility was key to securing new business, whether due to changing needs or requirements of a specific customer segment”, added Zetterlund, making reference to a contract won by BT One Phone with the help of ECT, with which BT provided an individualized solution to Her Majesty’s Prison Service during the pandemic. Using low code, ECT was able to individualize the OnePhone product in a matter of days and provided the solution as part of ECT’s complementary efforts to support subscriber acquisition and retention.

“During more than a decade, ECT supported our technology transition from legacy to IP, from 2G to 4G/5G and from hardware to software-based functionality,” said Fredrik regarding modernization of their services during a long and successful partnership with ECT. “Crucially, ECT delivered very high performance in terms of resilience, stability and availability, which in our experience is unparalleled,” continued the OnePhone Group CTO. “This reliability is fundamental to sustaining a leading cloud-based telecoms service while also growing fast.”

ECT looks forward to continuing the BT One Phone success story for many years to come. ECT CEO, Marshall E. Kavesh, stresses how “everyone at ECT is extremely proud of the success of OnePhone Holding and BT One Phone. It is yet another example of how CSPs create real shareholder value by offering their own unique and individualized enterprise services instead of just reselling third-party products. This is the better business outcome, for which we are always striving with our low code technology and our collaboration with CSPs.”

About ECT (European Computer Telecoms AG):

ECT is a tech company dedicated to better business outcomes for communications service providers (CSPs) and their customers. With our Telecoms Low-Code Application Platform (T-LCAP), Packaged Business Capabilities (PBCs), ready-to-use apps and agile co-development, we enable CSPs to compose, enhance and individualize telecoms services and products implemented within their telecoms network. We believe that business customers are ready to pay a premium price for reliable, individualized services, continuously evolving in cooperation with their trusted CSP. Toward this end, we collaborate with CSPs long-term and continuously, responding agilely to new and changing use cases, requests from individual customers, and emerging opportunities. Research and development are also a top ECT priority: we consult closely with leading analysts, implement emerging technologies and products early, and then test their viability together with the CSPs in our ecosystem. In addition to our own direct sales and service, primarily in Europe, we also partner with Nokia Networks which offers our products and services worldwide. Together with our clients and our partner Nokia, we at ECT enjoy meeting challenges and creating opportunities.

Founded in 1998, ECT is an unlisted German public company with its headquarters in Munich, Germany and wholly-owned sales and service subsidiaries in England, The Netherlands and the USA.

For more information about ECT, please visit ect-telecoms.com.

In early September 2021, the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) issued two California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) 60-day notices relating to the presence of bisphenol-A (BPA) in baby, children’s and women’s socks made primarily of polyester with Spandex.

Prop 65, or the ‘Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986’, is a unique piece of legislation passed in November 1986. It requires the state to maintain a list of chemicals (Prop 65 List) known to cause cancer, birth defects and/or reproductive harm. Unless exempted, businesses operating in California must provide ‘a clear and reasonable warning’ (Prop 65 Warning) before knowingly and intentionally exposing anyone to a substance on the Prop 65 List, which now contains over 900 chemicals. Unless exempted, companies have twelve months to comply with this requirement once a substance is included in the Prop 65 List.

BPA was added to the list in 2015. It is mostly used in the production of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins. Other identified sources of BPA are thermal paper and the production of flame retardants and PVC. BPA is not traditionally considered a high-risk chemical in textile fibers.

The two 60-day notices were sent out on September 1 and September 10, 2021. They list over 70 companies whose products have been shown in testing to have levels exceeding the safety limit for BPA. This is the first-time notices have been issued for BPA in textiles.

CEH is an American non-profit organization working to protect children and families from harmful chemicals in air, food, water and in everyday products.

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Sep 28, 2021, Richmond Hill – SealAll has recently released a document stating the safety rules and instructions that one needs to follow while carrying out the pressure washing process all by yourself at home. SealAll is a leading company in the exterior restoring services business. The company is well-known in the area of pressure washing in Toronto and GTA. Recently, the company has also started offering services in other major cities of Ontario – thanks to its popularity and high demand for the services. This famous company has released a document that states the safety rules to follow while pressure washing.

While talking to the spokesperson of the pressure washing Toronto company, he said it is important for people to know about the basic safety rules while handling a pressure washer. This is not only necessary for when they want to do it themselves but also a useful guide for when they hire people to do it for them. If they know the safety precautions beforehand, then it will help them understand the process and take proper steps throughout the whole cleaning process.

According to the document, the company has stated 10 top safety precautions one needs to know about. They have started with how never to use it from confined places and using proper extension cables for the washer. Next, they have also mentioned the protective clothing and safety gears one needs to use while performing the activity. The company has mentioned other such important tips throughout the document and finally ended on a note stating where you shouldn’t use the pressure washing Toronto method.

You can check for this article and similarly other related articles while visiting the SealAll website. You can check the services they offer and know about it more on the website address. You can even call the customer care executive to know more about the company and its services for your exteriors.

About the Company
SealAll is the leading hardscaping company in the Toronto and GTA area offering exterior restoring services. With decades of experience in providing services such as pressure washing, interlocking repair, and sealing services, the company leads the hardscaping market. This company offers services to other cities as well like Scarborough, Mississauga, Brampton, North York, Oakville, Markham, and many more.

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ADELAIDE BOOKS is proud to present the latest work by Richard Malmed: Hasdai in the Golden Age of Al-Andalus: A Historical Novel

Hasdai ibn Shaprut was a Jewish scholar, physician, diplomat, and patron of science in the 10th century Spain occupied by the Muslims (Al Andalus). He acquired in his youth a thorough knowledge of Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin and was appointed physician to Caliph Abd-ar-Rahman III. Soon after, he became Caliph’s trusted counselor. As such, Hasdai weaves his way through many plots and intrigues in the service of the Caliph. Sent on diplomatic missions to the Northern Christian rulers to secure peace, he travels throughout the Iberian Peninsula and reports on the numerous aspects of the Golden Age of Medieval Spain.

"Hasdai in the Golden Age of Al-Andalus is a highly informative and immersive historical work with much to teach modern-day readers about the peace of the past."—K.C. Finn for Readers' Favorite, 5-Star Review

“Overall, readers will likely find Malmed’s work to be an intellectual marvel. Not only is his depiction of the time accurate in its details, but it skillfully tackles the theological divisions that roiled it, as well. At the heart of the drama is an exploration of heresy, and the extent to which a deviation from philosophical orthodoxy is an innovation, or a threat to what binds a society together.” —Kirkus Reviews

Richard Malmed, retired after fifty years of practicing law, pursues his first love as a writer since he was an Honors English Major at Yale. Author of eight books, he writes historical fiction and lawyer’s adventure novels. To learn more, please visit richardmalmed.com

Title: Hasdai in the Golden Age of Al-Andalus: A Historical Novel

Author:  Richard Malmed
Publisher: Adelaide Books
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ISBN: 978-1954351332
Price:  $19.60
Page Count: 372 pages
Formats: Paperback

Description of the company: ADELAIDE BOOKS LLC is a New York based independent company dedicated to publishing literary fiction and creative nonfiction. It was founded in July 2017 as an imprint of the Adelaide Literary Magazine, with the aim to facilitate publishing of novels, memoirs, and collections of short stories, poems, and essays by contributing authors of our magazine and other qualified writers.

The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has launched its second public consultation of 2021, covering four potential substances of very high concern (SVHC).

The four SVHC under consultation are:

1. (±)-1,7,7-Trimethyl-3-[(4-methylphenyl)methylene]bicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one covering any of the individual isomers and/or combinations thereof (4-methylbenzylidene camphor, 4-MBC)
2. 6,6'-Di-tert-butyl-2,2'-methylenedi-p-cresol (DBMC)
3. S-(Tricyclo[5.2.1.0'2,6]deca-3-en-8(or 9)-yl) O-(isopropyl or isobutyl or 2-ethylhexyl) O-(isopropyl or isobutyl or 2-ethylhexyl) phosphorodithioate
4. Tris(2-methoxyethoxy)vinylsilane

Tris(2-methoxyethoxy)vinylsilane rapidly hydrolyses when in contact with water or air moisture, thereby releasing 2-methoxyethanol, which was added to the Candidate list as an SVHC in 2010.

These four substances have a variety of uses. Substance 1 is classified as endocrine disrupting and is used as a UV filter in cosmetic products. Substance 2 is used in the production of rubber and non-rubber polymers, tires, adhesives, inks and lubricants. Substance 2 is classified as persistent, bioaccummulative and toxic and is used in lubricants and greases. Finally, substance 4 is used in the manufacture of rubber and plastic, in sealants and as a monomer in the production of silicone polymers and silicone resins. Both substances 2 and 4 are classified as toxic to reproduction, category 1B.

If these substances are accepted following the consultation, the Candidate List will expand to 223.

The consultation was launched on September 3, 2021, and interested parties have until October 18, 2021, to comment.

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